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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
March 9, 2007Clean energy = good jobs Why shouldn’t workers’ pension funds be invested in projects that link production of clean energy products with good paying union factory jobs? Speaking Feb. 26 at a conference of the Apollo...
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Peanut butter and spinach
March 9, 2007The peanut butter and spinach are only the tip of the iceberg. The amount of tainted food on the shelves of the nation’s grocery stores is rising as the agency that issues the recalls slashes the...
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If Sago happened today, loved ones would still die
March 9, 2007“Coal is more important than life.” That is how Pam Campbell, sister-in-law of miner Marty Bennett who died inside Sago Mine, sums up over a year of government and coal corporation stalls, speeches, secrecy and frustration....
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WORLD NOTES
March 9, 2007Great Britain: Union can dump racist Overturning a 2004 British appeals court decision, the European Court of Human Rights has granted the British train drivers’ union, ASLEF, the right to expel a member belonging to the...
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Communist editor in danger after speaking out
March 9, 2007Carlos Lozano’s life is in danger, thanks to the repressive government of Colombian president Alvaro Uribe. Last month Uribe designated Lozano, director of the Colombian Communist Party’s weekly newspaper, Voz, as a “military objective,” identifying him...
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